“Tous Que Je Vois” means “all that I see” in French. This phrase is repeated as the chorus of the song and seemed like a fitting title. Lydia Froncek wrote the song while living in Montreal and day dreaming about a long distance love. The song is about that feeling when you just can’t get someone out of your mind. “Thinking of that person brought me a sense of calm and comfort even as I walked through unfamiliar streets in a new city,” Lydia shares about the inspiration behind the lyrics. It is about the feeling of being lost in a daydream of a person you care for.

“Ciranda” is the name of a style of music that originated on the beaches of Northeastern Brazil. This music, composed by fishermen and their wives, speaks of our connection to the ocean and nature and our communities. A traditional Ciranda is typically a choral arrangement accompanied by a bass drum and a circle dance in which participants hold hands and slowly rotate around. This particular song was written by a man who went by the name Capiba. He wrote the song “Ciranda e Frevo” about the nearby beach called “Praia do Janga.”

Maddy had the inspiration to write her own words to the melody while we were traveling through Brazil. Without translating directly, her lyrics spoke to the way that the ocean provided some solace from longing, missing someone she loved, and that the sea is an invitation to show up to the present moment.

In Afro-Brazilian tradition, Oxum in the deity of fresh water. This song came to be in Alto Paraíso, Brazil, a place where crystal rivers and waterfalls run like ribbons through mountains and forests. It is one of 6 songs on our upcoming album that was inspired by our three month tour through Brazil in 2017.

The chant beginning and ending the song originated amongst the Yoruba people and was taught to us by a Brazilian musician in Alto Paraiso, Brazil. Though the words come from central-west Africa, time and space has undeniably had an impact on how we have adapted them. “Yabá” is said to mean “Mother Queen”, a title given to both the deities of fresh and salt water.

Music holds memory, and these lyrics tell a story of our collective history, representing the way language, tradition and beliefs have traversed oceans and borders with the migration of people over centuries.

Summoned by the vibration of the road, "To the Sky" was co-created in the van as Ley Line traveled 3,000 miles through Brazil. The hum of the engine inspired an inquiry of all the memories the road holds and how we remember what has carried us to the present.

"The Well", came together after returning from a three-month tour from South to Northeast Brazil. Inspired by a Rumi poem, the song explores the process of self love and growth. Vocal harmonies change between the duos of twin sisters, Madeleine and Lydia Froncek to those of Emilie Basez and Kate Robberson. Lyrics speak to the message of trusting the journey and relationships that one has on this Earth; "I heard begin believing, in all the rooted seeds". All four vocals collide to unite the message, "growing in the deep".

“Respiração”, or “The Breath” in Portuguese is our anthem to recognize that that same wind that moves the trees and connects the natural world lives inside of us all. Kate wrote the lyrics as a reminder of our connection to nature even in moments where we feel trapped or stuck.